CES: Caleb gets Tased

As were wandering around South Hall, we just so happened to stumble upon Taser International‘s booth. Being the adventurous guy that he is, [Caleb] decided to volunteer to get tased. Not being able to pass up such a great opportunity, we instantly broke out our cameras and recorded the video above. Enjoy, we know we sure did.

Caleb,
My neighbor got tased by the cops in my front yard. I talked to him later and he said he was trying really hard not to defecate in his pants, which is apparently pretty common when tased. Did the Taser people warn you of such an event?

@M4cgyv3r,
Absolutely. I had 15 minutes to prepare, then you can see I have plenty of time to “pre-tense” my muscles so the shock wasn’t so bad. I didn’t have that violent jerk that you would have if you weren’t prepared.

While this may have provided an entertaining video, I believe you should also point out the various public safety concerns that have been raised, and how Taser are doing there best to sweep them under the carpet. Take for example the death of Robert Dziekanski after being needlessly tasered by the RCMP. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tasers/video.html) Please, take a more balanced approach, instead of giving free advertising to such a questionable company.

For me the most interesting thing about this is Sherriff Brunnel’s obvious inability to wrap his head around Caleb’s personality; he’s obviously used to would-be tough guys taking the challenge and cannot quite grok this playful adventurous high-tech hippie kind of guy hailing from Missouri.